Made a vegan version of the ramen’s older cousin, the 1910s Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese-Hawaiian noodle dish known as saimin, a literal melting pot of the ingredients migrant workers brought together as they worked sugar and pineapple plantations.
Broth – dashi made from mostly dried shiitake
Tare – shio tare
Aroma oil – None! An important distinction between saimin and ramen is that saimin has no aroma oil and leans heavily on its toppings
Noodles – Sun No 18. Temomi Noodles. Sun Noodles is a Hawaiian company that actually makes its own saimin kits. In the 1910s, the noodles used were made with good old fashioned alkalized noodles
Toppings – – green onion – vegan spam. There’s two plant-based luncheon meats I know of so far, and those include Omnipork and UnMeat. Having incorporated both of them in saimin and used both to make vegan spam musubi, I can attest – as someone who grew up eating spam – that Omnipork is an S-tier 1:1 replacement for spam (although expensive) and UnMeat is an alright B-tier – sliced vegan egg. JustEgg brand, found widely in the US. Made from mung beans, and I kid you not the rolled tamago omelettes this stuff can make is delicious – potato kamaboko. Made from small russet potatoes simmered in salted water with beets
Utouchmyselfatnight
Booooo. Go lick a leaf
Myselfamwar
Not ramen
Mandalika
Me, knowing the term *saimin* from a different context: the *what*?!
TripWhitingJr
Looks great, it counts. This sub has weird gates.
0xdeadbeef6
Looks good! How’s the vegan spam taste? It definetely looks like it fries good.
DrGooLabs
Eggs are not vegan.
For everyone downvoting… I just couldn’t see the words. Chill.
thatonegaygalakasha
This actually looks really good, despite what all the losers who make hating vegans their personality in the comments say.
Ijustwantedtolurke
While I am sure it was tasty, for some odd reason I just can’t accept vegan Spam…though now I want to see vegan musubi. You have awakened something…
globalgourmet
I really hate SPAM and would hate the vegan version even more. Ultra processed food is not good for health.
MizStazya
I am not vegan, but that still looks amazing.
Also, lots of unintentional ASMR in your video so now I’m doubly happy!
DookieToe2
Except there’s egg in it.
bananaSammie
Just get meat out of the dumpster if you really want to be ethical… This is desperate
TheHookahgreecian2
All for me and none for you that’s the way we share it’s true
punania
r/ramencrimes
HuikesLeftArm
How’s the texture on the vegan spam?
HowzitUFaka
HuanXiaoyi
oh i have some of that plant based meat! got it on discount because nobody at the store near me wanted to buy it LMAO. it looks AWFUL but it’s actually quite good, especially when diced and cooked to have a crispy outside
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Made a vegan version of the ramen’s older cousin, the 1910s Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese-Hawaiian noodle dish known as saimin, a literal melting pot of the ingredients migrant workers brought together as they worked sugar and pineapple plantations.
Broth – dashi made from mostly dried shiitake
Tare – shio tare
Aroma oil – None! An important distinction between saimin and ramen is that saimin has no aroma oil and leans heavily on its toppings
Noodles – Sun No 18. Temomi Noodles. Sun Noodles is a Hawaiian company that actually makes its own saimin kits. In the 1910s, the noodles used were made with good old fashioned alkalized noodles
Toppings –
– green onion
– vegan spam. There’s two plant-based luncheon meats I know of so far, and those include Omnipork and UnMeat. Having incorporated both of them in saimin and used both to make vegan spam musubi, I can attest – as someone who grew up eating spam – that Omnipork is an S-tier 1:1 replacement for spam (although expensive) and UnMeat is an alright B-tier
– sliced vegan egg. JustEgg brand, found widely in the US. Made from mung beans, and I kid you not the rolled tamago omelettes this stuff can make is delicious
– potato kamaboko. Made from small russet potatoes simmered in salted water with beets
Booooo. Go lick a leaf
Not ramen
Me, knowing the term *saimin* from a different context: the *what*?!
Looks great, it counts. This sub has weird gates.
Looks good! How’s the vegan spam taste? It definetely looks like it fries good.
Eggs are not vegan.
For everyone downvoting… I just couldn’t see the words. Chill.
This actually looks really good, despite what all the losers who make hating vegans their personality in the comments say.
While I am sure it was tasty, for some odd reason I just can’t accept vegan Spam…though now I want to see vegan musubi. You have awakened something…
I really hate SPAM and would hate the vegan version even more. Ultra processed food is not good for health.
I am not vegan, but that still looks amazing.
Also, lots of unintentional ASMR in your video so now I’m doubly happy!
Except there’s egg in it.
Just get meat out of the dumpster if you really want to be ethical… This is desperate
All for me and none for you that’s the way we share it’s true
r/ramencrimes
How’s the texture on the vegan spam?
oh i have some of that plant based meat! got it on discount because nobody at the store near me wanted to buy it LMAO. it looks AWFUL but it’s actually quite good, especially when diced and cooked to have a crispy outside